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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1911826, member: 44183&quot;]<font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">Very cool imitative owls, my friend ... </span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">&nbsp;</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; Ummm here is my example:</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">&nbsp;</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Eastern Mediterranean area (Egypt or Syria) </b></span></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Athens Imitative, Silver tetradrachm </b></span></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">after circa 413 BC</span></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 26.3 x 22.2 mm</span></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 15.2 grams</span></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves along the front edge, palmette on bowl, and spiral behind ear, her hair drawn across forehead in parallel curves</span></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: ΑΘΕ (the first letter represented as a triangle) before owl standing right, head facing, in erect posture, olive sprig and lunar crescent in upper field to left, all within incuse square</span></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Reference: cf. Kraay (Archaic and Classical Greek Coins) pp. 73-4 and pl. 12, 204</span></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Other: two deep test cuts on owl&#039;s head and wing</span></span></font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]327725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]327726[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]327727[/ATTACH] </span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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